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When they next meet in August, city councillors should heed the recommendation of their planning committee and move to ban the use of e-cigarettes in all public areas and other venues where smoking is already prohibited.

Calling paved roads in residential areas a “right,” a Saskatoon city councillor successfully lobbied her colleagues to try to address the issue more urgently. Ward 2 Coun. Pat Lorje admitted Wednesday that her ward includes only one gravel street in the Meadowgreen neighbourhood, but stressed the need to pave the few remaining gravel roads in residential areas.

City administration is studying whether people renting out their homes through the popular Airbnb website need to pay for business licenses. “The rules need to be consistent for everybody,” Mayor Don Atchison told council’s planning committee on Monday.

Historians will one day regard the investment in rejuvenating River Landing as one of city council’s best decisions, Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison says. Atchison and other city officials gathered this morning with a band playing at the River Landing amphitheatre to mark the completion of the City of Saskatoon’s $81.5-million, decade-long effort to reclaim the south downtown stretch along the South Saskatchewan River.

Some adopters of alternative energy sources could be looking forward to smaller-thananticipated bills, as SaskPower may soon be able to push some funds back into their pockets through a process known as net metering.

Charities publicly salute generous people who leave them large estate bequests. Besides helping a worthy cause, such charitable bequests can nicely result in big tax savings on the donor's income tax return.